For obvious reasons I was not going to link the post to the Pet themed Lens Artist photo challenge this week facilitated by Tina from Travels and Trifles an esteemed member of Lens-Artist quartet. In a sense the X-Trail was like a non flesh and blood pet. A dog I suppose because it did what I instructed it to do. But the circumstances of its death did stir emotion in my heart like any loving pet does.

I was driving back after playing squash and stopped at a red traffic light. I did not expect my car to be squashed by a drunk driver 30 seconds later. His car had extensive damaged and a write-off. The X-Trail could still drive, thus it was a surprise to be informed by the assessors that it would be too expensive to repair. Because of financial reasons I am scaling down to a sedan. Thus the end of an era. The salute and video was taken the morning before they came to fetch the car. This is more than an obituary, it is an ode, the epitaph of my X X-Trail.

Ek salueer u – worthy of my salute

And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow

Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell

For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell

Ek staan hier by ‘n rooi verkeerlig (alweer) en pluk vinnig my selfoon uit.In the context of last week’s photo challenge about Frames, I dare say the X-Trail is a much better frame for Table Mountain than the ugly giant yellow frames. However Tina did me the extreme honour of mentioning the Frames post in the conclusion of this weeks challenge regarding pets.

The person who drove into me was wearing his seatbelt otherwise he would have gone through the window. My neck was sore for a few days due to whiplash, but is fine now. It could all have been a lot worse.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up
a time to keep and a time to throw away

54 thoughts on “Vaarwel my X-TRAIL; the Last Farewell”

Well I may have had a pet ox but who knew there would be a pet car Abrie 😊. An immensely creative (OK it was a stretch) response but because you made me Laugh Out Loud I will allow it. Glad to hear you weren’t seriously injured tho. And as an aside, indeed you MUST have loved the X because I’ve never seen so many photos of a vehicle!! Thank goodness as your memories of her will be safe forever!

I am always glad to make someone laugh although it wasn’t intention this time round. Actually with the wisdom of hindsight I shouldn’t have linked it. It was already written before you published the pet challenge

A great tribute to your car, Abrie – a lovely and permitted stretch of the challenge! Now, I am glad you made the best of your loss and let us have your story – thank you! I must say, my daughter have some of those tendencies as well – but with shoes. When they cannot be mended anymore, she writes an ode to them for all they have taken her through and all the roads they have walked. Finally she photographs them before sending them away. We all have our peculiarities – and that is a positive thing!